Proverbs 26:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.

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  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, whose mouth must be controlled with bit and bridle, lest they come near you.
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
  • Prov 19:25 : 25 Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
  • Prov 27:22 : 22 Though you pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
  • 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
  • 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 And being ready to punish all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
  • 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I told you before, and foretell now, as if I were present the second time; and being absent now I write to those who have sinned in the past, and to all others, that if I come again, I will not spare:
  • Judg 8:5-7 : 5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. 6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army? 7 And Gideon said, Therefore, when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:4-11
    8 verses
    81%

    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

    6He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet, and drinks in damage.

    7The legs of the lame are uneven: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

    8Like one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

    9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

    10The great God who formed all things rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.

    11As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

  • Prov 19:29
    79%

    29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  • Prov 22:15
    78%

    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 14:3
    77%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Prov 10:13
    76%

    13In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.

  • Ps 32:9
    75%

    9Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, whose mouth must be controlled with bit and bridle, lest they come near you.

  • Jas 3:3
    74%

    3Behold, we put bits in horses' mouths so that they may obey us; and we turn their whole body.

  • 2 Pet 2:16
    74%

    16But was rebuked for his iniquity; the dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet.

  • Prov 18:6
    73%

    6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.

  • Prov 17:10
    73%

    10A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 27:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Though you pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

    23Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.

  • Prov 15:5
    72%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 19:10
    72%

    10Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 27:3
    72%

    3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's anger is heavier than both.

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

    14You shall beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.

  • Prov 13:24
    72%

    24He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 29:11
    71%

    11A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Prov 10:23
    71%

    23It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • Prov 30:22
    71%

    22For a servant when he reigns, and a fool when he is filled with food;

  • Prov 11:29
    71%

    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 29:15
    71%

    15The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

  • Prov 26:18
    71%

    18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 15:2
    70%

    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

  • Prov 17:12
    70%

    12Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 19:25
    70%

    25Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 29:20
    70%

    20Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Num 22:27
    70%

    27And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with a staff.

  • Prov 26:1
    70%

    1Like snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

    16A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.

  • Num 22:23
    70%

    23And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the way.

  • Ps 107:17
    70%

    17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

  • Prov 29:1
    70%

    1He who is often reproved and hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 13:16
    70%

    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Prov 3:11
    70%

    11My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary of his correction:

  • Nah 3:2
    69%

    2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and of galloping horses, and of bounding chariots.